Legal Opinion

Ramey Construction Co. v. Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided March 4, 1980No. 78-1376PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Ramey Construction Company (Ramey) appeals from an adverse judgment of the district court. Following a lengthy, factually complex trial, the district judge adopt*466ed nearly verbatim the defendants’ proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. Ramey urges that the court’s verbatim adoption of the defendants’ proposals evinces an abdication of its judicial function and, in any case, that the court’s factual findings were clearly erroneous and its conclusions of law unfounded.

Ramey was a prime contractor for the construction of buildings on the Mescalero Apache Tribe’s…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. v. Leco Engineering and MacHine Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. FornessCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
  4. Robert FLOWERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CROUCH-WALKER CORPORATION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
  5. Industrial Building Materials, Inc. v. Interchemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re Sabrina M.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  2. Ramey Construction Company, Inc. v. The Apache Tribe Of The Mescalero ReservationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
  3. Clifford v. KleinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  4. Ramey Construction Company, Inc. v. The Apache Tribe Of The Mescalero ReservationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
  5. Ramey Construction Co. v. Apache Tribe of the Mescalero ReservationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982

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